It's not needed since vdso is inserted with vm_special_mapping which contains vma name. This also reverts commit f2053f1a7bf6 ("powerpc/perf_counter: Fix vdso detection") as not needed anymore. See also commit f7b6eb3fa072 ("x86: Set context.vdso before installing the mapping"). Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c | 20 +++----------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c index 431bdf7ec68e..f66f52aa94de 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c @@ -208,13 +208,6 @@ static int map_vdso(struct vm_special_mapping *vsm, unsigned long vdso_pages, vdso_base = ALIGN(vdso_base, VDSO_ALIGNMENT); /* - * Put vDSO base into mm struct. We need to do this before calling - * install_special_mapping or the perf counter mmap tracking code - * will fail to recognise it as a vDSO (since arch_vma_name fails). - */ - current->mm->context.vdso_base = vdso_base; - - /* * our vma flags don't have VM_WRITE so by default, the process isn't * allowed to write those pages. * gdb can break that with ptrace interface, and thus trigger COW on @@ -228,10 +221,10 @@ static int map_vdso(struct vm_special_mapping *vsm, unsigned long vdso_pages, VM_READ|VM_EXEC| VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC, vsm); - if (IS_ERR(vma)) { + if (IS_ERR(vma)) ret = PTR_ERR(vma); - current->mm->context.vdso_base = 0; - } + else + current->mm->context.vdso_base = vdso_base; out_up_mmap_sem: up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); @@ -262,13 +255,6 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp) return -1; } -const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma) -{ - if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == vma->vm_mm->context.vdso_base) - return "[vdso]"; - return NULL; -} - #ifdef CONFIG_VDSO32 #include "vdso_common.c" #endif /* CONFIG_VDSO32 */ -- 2.10.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>